For the Fall 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the designer decided against having his models walk the runway. Instead, they stood still on low platforms, allowing guests to study in detail and in-the-round the modern, minimal, largely earth-toned collection.

(No surprise in the pallete. This is the man who told the New York Times’ T magazine, “I only wear three colors: white, blue or black. Always jeans and a coat.”)